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ʿAin Ghazal (Arabic: عين غزال, romanized: ʿayn ġazāl) is a Neolithic archaeological site located in metropolitan Amman, Jordan, about 2 km (1.24 mi) north-west of Amman Civil Airport. The site is remarkable for being the place where the ʿAin Ghazal statues were found, which are among the oldest large-sized statues ever discovered.
May 19, 2021 · ‘Ain Ghazal (hereafter Ain Ghazal) is an archaeological site located in Jordan that dates to the Neolithic period, and flourished from around the 8th to 6th millennium BC. Ain Ghazal was discovered during the 1970s, but only excavated in the following decade.
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Oct 29, 2023 · The site of ‘Ain Ghazal was discovered in 1974 by developers who were building a road to link Amman to the neighboring city of Zarqa. Knowing they had found something important, the site was protected and earmarked for later excavation.
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By Shayla Cherry. ‘Ain Ghazal houses the remains of an ancient culture that thrived there for thousands of years. It is one of the largest Neolithic settlements ever found. The site is in modern-day Jordan and is best known for the ʿAin Ghazal statues that were discovered there in the 1980s.
The ʿAin Ghazal statues are a number of large-scale lime plaster and reed statues discovered at the archeological site of ʿAin Ghazal in Amman, Jordan, dating back to approximately 9000 years ago (made between 7200 BC and 6250 BCE), from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic C period.
The Early Neolithic community of 'Ain mercial Ghazal activity revealed that houses extended ("Spring of the Gazelle") is located on the across west a distance of 600 m north to south, and bank of the Wadi Zarqa, the longest drainage concentrated sys- distributions of flint artifacts on the tem in highland Jordan.
Apr 24, 2024 · AMMAN — The settlement at Ain Ghazal Site is one of the largest Neolithic settlements known in the Near East and is situated on the western edge of the Wadi Zarqa, which, although dry today, was a permanent stream from at least late Pleistocene and early Holocene times until the mid-1950’s. Ain Ghazal is now part of north-eastern Amman.
